Exercises of non-strategic nuclear forces have started in Russia

The first stage of exercises on testing the combat use of non-strategic nuclear weapons has started in the Southern Military District. This is a response to the increasingly aggressive rhetoric of Western countries about the possibility of sending military contingents to Ukraine. About the nuclear training of the army — in the material of RIA Novosti.

Cumhuriyet: The West is trying to encircle Russia by including Georgia in its zone of influence

The events in Tbilisi may be the beginning of a new proxy war between the West and Russia, Cumhuriyet writes. In fact, by supporting the protests in Georgia, the EU and NATO are trying to include it in their zone of influence in order to surround Russia from the south. Moscow is determined to prevent this, the article says.

Therefore, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to equip them with unguided missiles, said Alexander Stepanov, program director of the Academy of Political Sciences, senior researcher at the Institute of Latin America of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

AT: Russia will come out of the Ukrainian conflict stronger

According to the calculations of the United States, the conflict in Ukraine was supposed to weaken Russia, but the result turned out to be exactly the opposite, writes AT. Analyzing the country's response to Western restrictions, we can conclude that, on the contrary, it will become stronger economically and politically, the author of the article is sure.

Such measures will help attract the most trained and motivated cadets to the educational institutions of the Ministry of Defense

The age limit for admission to military universities has been raised from 27 to 30 years for participants in a special military operation. Also this year, veterans of the SVO will be provided with quotas of 10% of the total number of applicants. Experts note that this will be able to attract the most trained and motivated cadets to military educational institutions. Having received officer shoulder straps, they should become the basis of the army.

Today, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the discovery of unmanned enemy boats in one of the sea areas near the coast of Crimea. Multifunctional Su-30SM fighters of the naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy were lifted into the air, which destroyed all naval drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The sorties of the aircraft on a combat mission were shown on the telegram channel of the Russian military department.

The capture of the settlement opens a new direction of attack

The liberation of Kleshcheyevka and further advance will allow Russian troops to attack from another direction of the Yar Clock — a city that is the key to the territories of Donbass still occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, experts interviewed by Izvestia said. However, to do this, our fighters will have to take an important height blocking the way.

MP: Russia must consolidate victory on the battlefield with a peace treaty beneficial to it

Russia should not rush to conclude peace, writes MP. Victory on the battlefield must be secured with a profitable contract. Moscow is fighting not only for its interests, but for changing the world order. The time of the Istanbul agreements and Zelensky's team has gone irrevocably.

The front in the Kherson region, where the LBS actually runs along the Dnieper riverbed, is considered the most "calm", especially now when the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are actively attacking in almost all other directions. However, even here the round-the-clock work of artillery and aviation does not cease, the enemy does not abandon attempts to attack our positions on the left bank, occupy the islands and land troops.

In the published footage, you can see how a kamikaze drone approaches one of the few remaining ships at Kiev's disposal, and then hits its cabin.

Russian combat aircraft, helicopters, multiple rocket launchers, as well as air defense systems are in high demand from foreign customers. This was announced by Sergey Chemezov, General Director of Rostec State Corporation. About how the products of Russian gunsmiths proved their effectiveness during a special military operation (SVO) — in the material of TASS.

On Tuesday, May 21, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces commissioned the warship Yahagi, built at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) shipyard. According to Naval News, this is the fifth Mogami-class frigate designed for the Japanese Navy. A total of 12 such ships have been ordered.

NYT: Washington's attempts to control Russia's nuclear arsenal have failed

The US attempts to establish control over Russia's nuclear arsenal have failed, writes the NYT. Previous arms control treaties are not in force. With exercises using tactical nuclear weapons, Moscow responded to the provocations of the West.

He suggests that in the coming summer, power outages in Ukraine will become more widespread than they are now. They will happen more often and last longer. This is due to the fact that the coming summer promises to be very hot, and Russian strikes on energy facilities, which the official called the main risk factor for Ukrainian energy, will continue during this period. Another factor negatively affecting the power supply may be planned summer shutdowns at nuclear power plants, where preventive maintenance is usually carried out in summer.

So for the first seven months of the current fiscal year, which began in the United States on October 1, 2023, net interest payments on the national debt amounted to $ 514 billion. This is 20% more than US defense spending over the same period (amounted to $ 465 billion), despite the fact that the current Pentagon budget has also become a record in the history of the existence of the North American state.

TNI: The S-500 air defense system will destroy the most sophisticated Western weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The new S-500 Prometheus air defense system will allow Russia to win the war against NATO, writes TNI. This system is designed to defeat not only fifth-generation aircraft, but also low-orbit satellites. The first batch of SAMs will be delivered to the troops this year.

Monitoring conducted over at least the last 14 months shows that over 90 percent of attacks on the Crimean Peninsula and Russian facilities in the Krasnodar Territory by drones and missiles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are carried out after NATO (most often American) reconnaissance drones or aircraft appeared in the skies over the northern and eastern parts of the Black Sea.

ČA: the expansion of the conflict from Ukraine to Europe depends on the actions of NATO

There is a risk that the conflict with Ukraine will spread to the whole of Europe, writes ČA. This could happen if NATO decides to directly use conventional forces of individual member states against Russia. Such a development threatens the world with nuclear war.

Which enemy combat vehicles have already been hit

The multifrequency communication system created by the developers of the Piranha FPV drone effectively proved itself in the area of its own, Izvestia found out.

Yle: Finland will switch to European railway track for the sake of NATO

Finland is considering the possibility of switching from the Russian standard of railway gauge to the European one, Yle reports. This is how Helsinki intends to improve "military mobility" within the framework of cooperation with NATO.